A response to 'sentient beings and wildlife resources: Inuit, Beluga whales and management regimes in the Canadian arctic'

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 639-640

  Hammill, M O ^a   Lesage, V ^a   Richard, P ^a   Hall, P ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 34848904752     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-007-9130-9     Document Type: Note

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